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Pathe synopsis: ... that castle is at Herstmonceaux, Sussex, the place mentioned in the Domesday Book where the Greenwich Observatory has now re-established itself. We see its big 36-inch telescope that...
This short film explains how the transit of Venus was used in previous centuries to make an accurate measure of the distance to the planets, giving astronomers their first inkling of the true scale of space.
Report on the news that the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Sussex will have to close and/or relocate as a result of financial cutbacks. Includes Head of the Observatory’s Time Department, Dr John...
The March of Time, presented by Rodney Bennett. Looks at methods of recording and telling time. Visits National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, Sussex. Interviews...
By courtesy of the Astronomer Royal, the Pathe Gazette is able to show how the great eclipse was recorded. Free distribution of millions of pieces of film enabled everybody to be "Eclipse Gazers".
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Time Will Tell. DESCRIPTION: Another argument concerns the Bill to make British Summer Time - or Standard Time as it’s called - a permanent thing. We visit the observatory where GMT...
Britain’s biggest ever telescope and the largest ever built in Western Europe, was the centre of attention at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. It’s a 98 inch instrument named after Sir Isaac Newton,...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Stairway to the Stars. DESCRIPTION: The largest Telescope in Europe, at the Royal Observatory, Herstmonceux, will give Astronomers a closer look at the mysteries of space. SHOTLIST: CU...
Special documentary on Halley’s Comet, due to return this winter after 77 years. With accounts of seeing the comet in 1910 by Evelyn Hall(?) and Mrs Leonard Stein(?); Brian Harpur of Halley’s Comet...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Time on Their Hands. DESCRIPTION: Commuters and British Rail sometimes have slight differences about time, but its the job of these men at Reading to at least keep the hands of time...
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